By GottaLaff
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was named by the Pentagon as one of 74 former captives who returned to terrorism after being released has done no such thing.Instead, he has returned to doing what he was really doing before being picked up by US forces and shuttled off to Gitmo for six years: Working as a politician, a tribal elder representing Afghanistan's Kunar province.
So says a new report from McClatchy Newspapers, which profiles Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil, a tribal elder who regularly meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other government officials on behalf of the people of Kunar province.
Remember that time the Pentagon told us that one in sev-- well, read the next sentence:
In May, an unreleased Pentagon document was leaked to the press, alleging that one in seven released Gitmo detainees -- fully 74 individuals -- had returned to terrorism once freed.
Wrong.
And while the veracity of that claim was questioned, the leaked Pentagon document was still considered important in changing the Washington establishment's mind about President Obama's plan to shut down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Shortly after the report made it to the press, Congressional Democrats voted to oppose funding, requested by President Obama, to shut down Guantanamo Bay.
Now, with the apparent confirmation that at least one of the people accused of terrorist recidivism is actually a respected Afghan government official, questions will likely arise about the accuracy of that Pentagon report, as well as the motivations behind its being released to the press.
We can't even fathom the amount of information that is hidden from us... and often for good reason. But when it's used to deceive, that's where we must draw the line... because it affects lives.
I only hope that America is paying attention.
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Please forward to all the media you might know. Rachel will be interested in this for sure. Those damn liars!!!!!!Gitmogate, for sure
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Right click on the post title. That gives you the specific link.
And thank you!
One, of the seventy claimed to have rejoined the battle; only 17 actual names were provided and the criterion used to determine what "rejoining the Battle" actually involves was never provided.
In fact, two of the seventeen actually named appeared in a McClatchy newspaper article, which appearently is "rejoining the battle."
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When I was still editing a weekly newspaper (we were so far outside the mainstream media, there wasn't even a current) our rule was never believe anything anyone told us until we'd checked it out, especially press releases from governmental agencies and politicians. Why those working in the media and politics today seem to eagerly and uncritically grasp any and everything they're fed is a never ending source of amazement to me. If a small weekly newspaper took the time to check out what the school superintendent or the village board was pedaling, why doesn't the 'serious' media?
Now to be fair, it was the media who eventually took a skeptical look at that pack of DOD lies and blew the whistle, but to be even fairer that was AFTER it had been widely published. Far from being guardians of democracy, the media is complicit in badly damaging it. And cowardly congressmen and senators add to the burden.
I need more coffee now. And maybe a donut.
Oh yeah, belated congrats Laffy and Paddy on 4 million. You guys rock!
Thanks RAM! We love you too!
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